Great Siberian Ice March
1919–20 White Army retreat during the Russian Civil War
Great Siberian Ice March
The Great Siberian Ice March (Russian: Великий Сибирский Ледяной поход, romanized: Velikiy Sibirskiy Ledyanoy pokhod) was the name given to the 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) winter retreat of Admiral Alexander Kolchak's Siberian Army from Omsk to Chita between 14 November 1919 and March 1920, during the Russian Civil War. General Vladimir Kappel, who was appointed to that position in mid-December 1919, led the retreat. After his death from pneumonia on 26 January 1920, General Sergey Voytsekhovsky took command of the troops. Kolchak travelled ahead by train to Irkutsk but was halted by Czechoslovak troops in December and handed over to Left Socialist-Revolutionary troops in Irkutsk on 14 January, who executed him on 7 February 1920.
Read on Wikipedia · Image Rowanwindwhistler, CC BY-SA 3.0
Open boosters, collect cards and trade them. Free to play.
Play for free